considering zodion // voicetesting

[heeeeelp]

Okay, not that there's anything wrong with that? But geez...does it really have to be a sex place? I know you like that castle, or the Norse place, or even Pokemon! I wouldn't have to sleep with strangers in any of those.

[ le sigh. le sigh. ]

Just try not to be too gross about it, please? My dad would kill me if he knew about this. [ she pauses, and frowns. well, really-- he'd kill someone else. daddy's little girl and all that. ] I know I'd feel safer if Leon was around, but...that'd be too much to ask for, huh?

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[separateways]

[Can't resist.]

Leon might be better than strangers, you're saying?

[heeeeelp]

Well, yeah! It's a friend in a strange place. Isn't that always better?

[separateways]

If you need to have sex to survive, I'm sure.

[GOOD LUCK.]

[heeeeelp]

[ PFFFFT-- ]

I'm trying not to think about that, thanks.

[separateways]

Problem? It's a definite possibility, isn't it?

[heeeeelp]

Sure it is. But that doesn't mean I have to deal with it before it happens. You can't really plan this kinda stuff, anyway.

I mean...what would you do, in my place?

[separateways]

Take it as it comes. We don't really have much say when it comes down to where we'll be.

[heeeeelp]

Yeah, you're not kidding about that. Still...you'd think there must be something we could do.

[separateways]

Threats don't work. Bribery doesn't work. Pleading, perhaps, if you're the type and you've got a sympathetic one.

[heeeeelp]

That's not gonna happen.

[ Pleading, that is. We've got a little too much pride for that! She sighs again, huffing out a breath. ]

Sympathetic, maybe...but he's pretty single-minded, too.

[dodgeslazers]

[All Leon can do at first is shake his head.]

We've had enough strange places, don't you think? Maybe you can do something else for fun. Like bingo, heard it was fun.

[heeeeelp]

Bingo? What are we, eighty?

[dodgeslazers]

It's a social game, lots of excitement. [Anything that keeps you out of trouble, Ashley. Nor that he's entirely serious]

Better than where they want you to go.

[heeeeelp]

That's true...we could use something more mundane, after everything that happened.

I dunno if I'd call bingo 'exciting', though.

[dodgeslazers]

Sure it is. You only have one more letter to go but so does the guy beside you.

The other option here's too dangerous.

[heeeeelp]

[ ssssssigh. ]

Can't we just have a third option?

[dodgeslazers]

[This gives Leon pause. Where was she from? Had the world gone to hell for her yet? Or was she still just safe?]

Lots of options that don't include you going to a place where you need a personal bodyguard. All the time.

[heeeeelp]

That hasn't been an option since my dad made office, Leon.

[ It sure hasn't! This lady has only just gotten back on American soil, and things are mildly less apocalyptic. Hence why she can smile and enjoy being able to have an actual conversation with him for once. ]

[dodgeslazers]

It'd be different. Right now, that's from people who want to hurt the president or the United States. That would be people who want to hurt you.

[That's what he assumes and he's thankful for it.]

[heeeeelp]

What? Why would anyone want to hurt me?

[dodgeslazers]

Do you really think everybody in that game is going to be polite and ask first?

[heeeeelp]

Well... [ What tiny shred of innocence remains flies away. She sighs again, tucking back her hair. ]

Just because it's a sex game doesn't mean everyone's going to be-- the kind of person who'd do that. Wouldn't there be a police force or something to stop that from happening?

[dodgeslazers]

[Sorry, Ashley. He has to protect you. Sometimes, that means with knowledge.]

Everybody doesn't have to be. [Just takes one person.]

What about some of the games? Only some of them are dangerous.

[heeeeelp]

I guess...I know the castle one is supposed to be pretty normal.

[ She makes a little noise, her hands coming together in front of her. Now you've got her all nervous. ]

Probably can't expect that from Norse gods in the other one.

[dodgeslazers]

[He grins, trying to relax her.]

Hey, don't worry. I've had your back before, remember?

[heeeeelp]

Yeah. I remember.

This one's gonna be a little different, I think.

[dodgeslazers]

S'always different. Never stopped me before.

[heeeeelp]

Nothing seems that scary once you've taken down an El Gigante, huh?

[weaponmadeperfect]

[So sorry Ashley, but Sherry's going to just be over here laughing right now because really Leon in a game like that with his record with women.]

And your dad wouldn't kill anyone, he'd get his secret service to do it. [Oh so matter of factly]

[heeeeelp]

[ SAD BUT TRUE. Poor Leon.

Poor, hilarious Leon. ]

Well, yeah. Still!

[dodgeslazers]

[She doesn't know that he later took down two at a time or about anything that happened recently. So, he'll just confirm that.]

The bigger they are.

[heeeeelp]

[ Ah, yes. Otherwise known as the most badass scene in the whole game. She chuckles, teasingly. ]

Oh yeah, I forgot. You're not scared of anything.

[dodgeslazers]

[That means she's feeling somewhat better, at least.]

Comes with the territory.

[heeeeelp]

I bet. Still...don't go too hard with the machismo, okay? I got enough of that at college.

[dodgeslazers]

It's not machismo, it's healthy confidence.

You're still there, huh? In college?

[heeeeelp]

Yep! It took a lot of convincing to let dad let me out without an FBI escort, and I think I'm gonna need to take another semester for all the stuff I missed, but everything's normal now.